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In retrospect, JOC (James O'Connor) should probably have been rested with McDermott. This game wasn't really one to win anyway, only 6 days after a really tough contest that took everything from the squad, physically and mentally. JOC (James O'Connor) felt depleted physically at the end of the 1st half, slow to get up from...

While you do that, I'll keep trying to work out how the direct shoulder shot to the neck wasn't a straight red card. But I guess it's water under the bridge now.

What a great game. Just amazing.

Yeah the centers have been disappointing at the Reds, in fact the whole backline has failed to click together, unfortunately.

Initial contact was on the trachea. I mean the frame is clear: shoulder on the neck, dead center. That was a red card.

The weight argument is 100% irrelevant in high level professional rugby today. If you want to talk about physicality, then let's talk about explosive power, not weight. Paisaimi is listed at 90kg, which makes him a lightweight too. Yet he's very physical. And even still, not everything in a...

What a praise from Rennie on JOC (James O'Connor). Sounded like a total consecration. For Wallabies 10, to start, but with clear hint that captaincy is on the cards as well. And it looks more and more like Petaia could be given a crack at 15. Very interesting prospect. If he does well there it solves a big...

The 10/12/15 problem is easily solved. Who's the in-form 10? It's JOC (James O'Connor). He's 2-0 vs Lolesio, 2-0 vs To'omua, and in both cases, beyond the scoreboard, he was more influential than his counterpart, producing some great plays ball in hands and off his boot. Who's the in-form 12? Who else but...

That shoulder hit the head as direct as it gets, I don't know what they guys are on about

Very bad TMO call. At no point was Hegarty's hand in contact with the ball, his arm just squeezed the arm of the Brumbies player resulting in the ball being ejected.

How about the reds backs give o'connor some proper options to play with? Shocking start by the Reds. Paisaimi really missing

Honorable losses like that get you a defensive bonus point, while limiting the damage on the overall point tally. So I wouldn't say that gets you nowhere. Their season is still alive. And from a game management perspective you can argue they did a lot better than the Reds. They were within 2...

I'm at a loss for words

Spot on. To'omua may carry the ball harder in contact than O'Connor, but his ball running is less impressive, especially in direction changes. JOC (James O'Connor) appears to have lost some explosiveness, although I suspect he's just being careful about hitting that 100% intensity level, to preserve himself from...

In fairness, it wasn't a day for kickers. Conditions were atrocious and the AB missed just as many kicks